Governor Larry Hogan announced today plans to submit legislation during the 2019 General Assembly session to provide $1.9 billion in new school construction funding over five years. The initiative, called the Building Opportunity Fund, will give the Maryland Stadium Authority oversight of these additional school construction funds, and include accountability measures. The new funding will [...]
Senate President Mike Miller has announced the committee composition for four of the Standing Committees for the 2019 Legislative Session. The announcement also includes Chairs of the joint committees, and the Chair and Vice-Chair appointments for Senate Rules and Executive Nominations. From the Senate President's announcement, Committee compositions are determined with an intent to balance [...]
Maryland Senate Republicans re-elected Senator J.B. Jennings as minority leader and Senator Steve Hershey as minority whip earlier this week. Jennings has led the Senate Republican Caucus since 2014, and Hershey has served as whip since 2015. Senator J. B. Jennings [...]
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. announced Yaakov "Jake" Weissman, Esq. will serve as his chief of staff. Mr. Weissmann succeeds Patrick H. Murray, Esq., who is leaving to serve as chief of staff to Baltimore County Executive-Elect John "Johnny O" Olszewski, Jr. President Miller announced two additional promotions, including Alicia Watson, Esq. to [...]
The Montgomery County Senate Delegation unanimously elected Senator Craig J. Zucker as its Chair during it organizational meeting on November 14, 2018. Senator Susan Lee was elected to serve as Vice Chair. Senator Zucker commented on becoming Chair in the Delegation's press release. “I look forward to working with my Montgomery County Senate colleagues and the new [...]
The Montgomery County House Delegation held an organizational meeting on November 8 to elect its new Chair and Vice Chair. Delegate Marc Korman was elected Chair and Delegate Al Carr was elected Vice Chair. The Delegation also determined Caucus representation. Delegate Ariana Kelly will serve as Caucus Chair and Delegate Jheanelle Wilkins will serve as [...]
Department of Legislative Services staff briefed the Spending Affordability, Senate Budget and Taxation, and House Appropriations and Ways and Means Committees on November 15 on the State's general fund budget outlook. The outlook for fiscal 2020 has improved by more than $1 billion since the end of the last legislative session. This is due to [...]
Courtesy: Maryland Manual Should the results from Tuesday's election hold, the House of Delegates will be welcoming 42 new members. Manis Canning & Associates has created a House Chart summarizing the member changes by district, including who the new member replaced or defeated. Some results are summarized below. Last term, Democrats held a [...]
Courtesy: Maryland Manual Maryland Republican Governor Larry Hogan and Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford have won the general election against Democratic challengers Ben Jealous and Susan Turnbull. Governor Hogan is only the second Republican governor to be re-elected to a second term. The last Republican governor to do so was Governor Theodore R. McKeldin who served [...]
